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Serious A47 crash in Blaby on 19 May 1998 at 08:35 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A47 in Blaby at 08:35 on Tuesday 19 May 1998. The 40-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 May 1998
Tuesday, 08:35
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6073, longitude -1.26619, in the LE9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998339803771
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1998339803771 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaby road accident statistics for 1998.